I'd love to restore it to its original glory but I'm struggling to identify it's original team colours & graphics. The serial number SB5778 suggests it's early '83, according to the database on the Raleigh Yahoo SB/Ti group. I found these 2 road frame examples on radpropoganda from '83, but I can't find any track examples between 81 & 84.

Assuming it is 1983, then from a colour angle, raleighs would have been of
1. the team colours like you have posted up
2. silver with black block lettering
3. gold with black block lettering
4. any colour if it was a bespoke customer order from the special products factory.

I wouldnt disagree with '83, as the seat cluster is the type that raleighs made around that time. Some time later in the 80's, and I'm not sure if was for panasonic, or systeme U, they had shot in stays into the binding bolt.

It would be interesting to see a close up of the fork section, near the crown. Traditionally, track bikes have round section forks at the top, road bikes have more oval, but at around that time, reynolds changed their profile so that both types used an oval section (more round than the extreme oval of before and looking like columbus). O'donovan who was head honcho framebuilder at RSP would have used the latest offerings from reynolds, as he had a foot in their door.

The No. 73 refers to the seat angle measurement in degrees, and is typical of a competion frame.

some big raleigh track riders of the day would have been gordon singleton and bert oosterbosch, if you wanna google some images.

Wayne,
Welcome.
Interestingly enough I have just started a similar project (see link to thread under my name). Your frame looks right to me, but I think you have the wrong forks fitted. Take a look at this:

It would be interesting to see a close up of the fork section, near the crown. Traditionally, track bikes have round section forks at the top, road bikes have more oval, but at around that time, reynolds changed their profile so that both types used an oval section (more round than the extreme oval of before and looking like columbus). O'donovan who was head honcho framebuilder at RSP would have used the latest offerings from reynolds, as he had a foot in their door.

Hi Pigman,

Thanks for that, this forum's been instantly more helpful than anywhere else I've tried.

Wayne,Welcome.Interestingly enough I have just started a similar project (see link to thread under my name). Your frame looks right to me, but I think you have the wrong forks fitted. Take a look at this:

I'll actually have the frame in my possession tonight so will check out the steerer tube and dropouts.

Just spoke to Dave Marsh at Universal Cycle Centre & he thinks the forks are probably the original ones, he said he's had a couple of track frames with those forks. So maybe they are original, I'll find out tonight hopefully.

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